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The Phantom Uninsured

Of the 45.6 million persons in the U.S. that did not have health insurance at some point 14 2007, 9.7 million, or about 21%, were not U.S. citizens. The Census Bureau does not ask if anyone is here legally or illegally, so we can’t tell how many are actually illegal aliens. … Also among the uninsured are 17 million Americans who live in households where the annual income exceeds $50,000; 7 million of those without coverage have incomes of $75,000 a year or more. … Many of the uninsured are young and healthy (40% are between ages 18 and 34) and at this point in their lives, particularly in this economy, choose to put their dollars elsewhere.

To me, it’s shocking that misleading statistics on the number of people without healthcare maraud around every national newspaper.

Source: Yahoo!